Just got back from a 3 day trip to Brussels, we loved it. Plus, Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs) everywhere. We did take a day trip to Bruges though, that was even better than Brussels IMHO. Especially since I could walk around saying to my wife “If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Bruges might impress me but I didn’t, so it doesn’t.”.
Assume positive intent. Amazing how much lower stress your stress levels will be if you don’t feel attacked (on the road, on social media, in conversations, etc).
Oh yeah, and buy a bidet. Your bum will thank you.
Classic: A Christmas Carol, the 1951 version with Alastair Sim. Sim’s giddy portrayal of Scrooge on Christmas morning is one of my favorite performances of any actor.
Modern: A Christmas Story, and Elf.
I haven’t seen The Always Sunny podcast mentioned yet. If you like IASIP, this is a must listen.
This paper describes the paradigm in detail, they’re called Orthodox File Managers.
I learned Norton Commander way back in the 90s, then moved to Midnight Commander, and it’s still a key part of my toolset. Using the keyboard in a hybrid shell / tree view mode is still the single most efficient way I’ve found to manage files. Need to find files under a subdirectory? Press F7. Need to move an entire directory somewhere else? cd to it, then press F6. Want to move all the pdf files under a subdirectory somewhere? Use the find dialog, then move the search results. No mouse/trackpad needed, everything is at your fingertips.
I guess it depends what one calls “the media”. Something like IEEE Spectrum is top notch for tech news. Reuters and AP generally are pretty good for normal news. Past that, maybe something like The Conversation?
Gross, yet probably not unusual for the Red line.
There are some amazing journalists over on Mastodon.
By far the best for breaking news is Steve Herman of the VOA. https://journa.host/@w7voa
For analysis, The Conversation. https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS
And if you just want a curated feed of interesting stuff going on, follow Lisa Melton. https://mastodon.social/@lisamelton
Any one who worked on an Oracle DB when they had the 30 character object name limit learned to make names like this. You’d figure out all your domain objects, and abbreviate them all (person could be PRS_, account could be ACCT_, etc). It was a horrible experience.
V.J.s Drive Inn in Winnipeg MB Canada. Greasy heaven.
Any products that support Koch Industries. Horrible people.
A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, The Annoying Orange
If the poop is crowning, I’m thinking the only way Imodium is gonna help is if you take it anally
People who are unable to feel empathy for others outside of their “in-group”. Racism, oppression, genocide, all of it stems from that same basic disorder. Unfortunately this is an all too common trait in humans.
Relay, Sync, and Boost. Why 3? Why not? They were all great in different ways. Relay for the gestures, Sync for the UX, Boost for an occasional change in pace. I enjoyed using all of them. Now that Sync is here for Lemmy I’m using that as primary, though I’ll still keep Connect, Jerboa, Voyager, and Thunder around to change it up every so often. They’re all great.
I spent far longer than I care to admit pressing the stupid YouTube play icon waiting for a video to start.
Load virus on to banking system to embezzle fraction of cents on each financial operation.![](https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/d93e6243-94a5-4d20-a368-2860852e6048.gif)